Reading 3 (Pen or highlighter color 2) Read LOC pg.13-17. Divide Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read," into sections according to the "classical model."
Quiz on "Caged Bird" Friday.
Make sure to bring me $2 ASAP for your copy of The Awakening!
Make sure to sign up for the PSAT with Ms. Butler!
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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 1820
(1780 - 1832)
Guiding Questions: What is the purpose of education? Are schools achieving this purpose?
Bell Ringer: Word Play
Remember the vocabulary words from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read" by Francine Prose?- Induction
- Idiosyncratic
- ballast
- banal
- ambiguity
- paradigm
- and sentient (I did that one for you!)
With a partner, write a paragraph or story that uses at least 5 of these words appropriately and MAKES SENSE!Check HW!
Whole Group Discussion
Discuss with one another the claims Prose makes. What evidence does she offer to support her claims?Small Group Reading:
Reading 2 (Pen or highligher color 1) Answer questions from handout by writing annotations in the margins.Homework
Reading 3 (Pen or highlighter color 2) Read LOC pg.13-17. Divide Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read," into sections according to the "classical model."Quiz on "Caged Bird" Friday.
Make sure to bring me $2 ASAP for your copy of The Awakening!
Make sure to sign up for the PSAT with Ms. Butler!